Define judicial activism and judicial restraint. Explain the reasons the judges would exercise activism or restraint and tell how Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of education were example of each.

Explanation:

Define judicial activism and judicial restraint

Judicial activ is simply the judicial rulings in which a ruling overlooks legal precedents or past constitutional interpretations in favor of supporting a particular political view and such ruling are  being based on personal opinion, rather than on existing law.

This word was first used by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. in 1947; While, Judicial restraint  helps judges to limit the exercise of their own power where these judges who practice judicial restraint hand down rulings that strictly adhere to the original intent of the Constitution.

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